Lauraceae
Silk bay
Persea humilis
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Persea
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Persea humilisLauraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Silk bay
Synonyms
- Borbonia humilis (Nash) House
- Persea borbonia subsp. humilis (Nash) A.E.Murray
- Persea borbonia var. humilis (Nash) L.E.Kopp
- Tamala humilis (Nash) Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.